THE MEMORIAL EAGLE GAZETTE
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Principal, Ryan McCluskey
Assistant Principal, Jill Lizier
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Please use this link to keep up to date on all that is happening at Memorial School. This calendar, along with other important information can also be found on the Memorial School website (link is above).
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We want to notify parents that the railroad crossing on West Main Street in Newton will be closed to all traffic on Tuesday, September 10th from 7:00 AM until Wednesday, September 11th, at 5:00 PM. This means that some buses will be detoured to avoid this road closure. All drop offs and pick up will remain the same. We want parents to anticipate late pick ups in the morning and drop offs in the afternoons of up to 15 minutes.
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We have been notified by the State of New Hampshire that a mosquito tested positive for EEE in Hampstead. We sprayed our fields two weeks ago and encourage everyone to wear long sleeves, and wear insect repellent when enjoying the Memorial School playground after school hours.
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I want to thank all of our wonderful staff, our amazing students, and of course parents, families, and community for the collective efforts needed to have such a positive and strong start to the school year. I know that there are a lot of changes on the horizon, but we understand the importance of remaining grounded in the 'here and now' and ensuring that all of our students receive the care, support, and learning opportunities needed to have a successful school year.
As a final reminder, anyone interested in joining the Memorial Elementary School Focus Group should email me in the next week to let me know of your interest. I will be contacting those interested in being an active part of the transition process in the coming weeks.
We are very happy to welcome some new faces to our Memorial family. Michele Parker is our new Library Media Specialist (LMS) and Maria Isaak is our new Elementary Band Director. We welcome paraprofessionals Melissa Poirier, Jessica MacNeill, and Dale Blais, to our Memorial community.
I hope that everyone will be able to attend our Open House, scheduled for
Thursday, September 12th from 6-7 PM
to meet the teachers and staff. We will have an exciting activity for our
Memorial Eagles
as they tour through the building. Following the Open House, at 7 PM, our PTO will have its first meeting;
everyone is invited to attend
. Parent and family support for our school is an important part of what makes Memorial such a great school, and I look forward to working with everyone this year to fulfill our vision of "Learning for All".
Mr. McCluskey
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The District is developing a new document to guide all future work known as a "Portrait of a Graduate." When complete, the Portrait will act as a “north star” guiding document to ensure that all students in our school district have an educational experience that prepares them to be effective lifelong learners and contributors in our society.
Earlier this Spring, we held a number of focus groups with students, teachers, parents, and community members at all levels in our system. From these groups, a steering committee developed
a draft for our Portrait
. We would appreciate your feedback on our draft.
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News from the Health Office
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The Memorial School will again be participating in a weekend food program for those families in need. This program is made possible by End 68 Hours of Hunger, a local private program whose mission is to help families feed their children over the weekend so that they arrive to school well-nourished and ready to learn. The participating children will receive a reusable bag on Friday afternoon with non-perishable and easy to prepare meals ready to take home. This program is completely confidential and the names of participating students are not shared with anyone. No financial disclosures are required to participate in this program.
If you are interested in having your student participate in this program please fill out the
attached permission slip
and return it to the school nurse’s office. You may send it back in your child’s folder or back pack labeled Attn: School Nurse or you can email a request to participate to myself at ccole@sau17.net.
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Welcome back! And a big welcome to our new Pre-school and Kindergarten classes!
Please note the breakfast and lunch prices have increased slightly
. Breakfast is now $1.75, and lunch is $2.75, reduced lunch is .40¢. Milk and juice are .65¢.
Our menu for September features many of our student's favorite lunches, like chicken nuggets, cheeseburgers, pizza lunchboxes, French toast sticks, pancakes and cheese and pepperoni pizza. Fresh salads and sandwiches are offered daily.
Do you want to spend some time in Memorial Kitchen? Café Services is hiring! We are looking for someone to work 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. If you are interested, please contact Cara Green at Sanborn Regional High School @ 642-3341 ext. 132.
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Hello Newton Memorial Families!
My name is Michele Parker, and I am thrilled to join the Newton Memorial School community as the Library Media Specialist this year! I am a NH certified teacher in the areas of Elementary Education K-8 and Special Education K-12. I come to Memorial with many years of varying teaching experiences including working with students ranging from Pre-K through fifth grade in various roles such as a paraeducator, classroom teacher, and library assistant. I have also worked as a consultant providing professional development for paraeducators and training new teachers. I teach to share my passion for learning so that I can nurture the passions of others. This year it is my goal to foster a love of reading and independence utilizing the library and various media.
Do you love children, books, and volunteering your time? If so, I could use your help! I’m looking for volunteers to help out in the library on a regular basis with some housekeeping things like re-shelving books, reading the shelves, and assisting with the reorganization of our collection. If you are interested in helping or just want to say hello, I hope you will stop by the re-imagined library media room while you are at our Open House on the 12
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Michele Parker
Library Media Specialist
Newton Memorial School
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Box Tops for Education News
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September Building Time at the Gale Library, Newton
On Wednesday Sept, 11 from 3:30 to 4:30 come
Build, Build, Build!
Come join us to build with Legos and new Lego kits, take our challenge of the day or build on your own. Try some of our other building kits like-Gears, Gears, Gears, Lincoln Logs, Cool Flakes, K’Nex or Tinker Toys. Bring a friend and build together.
Learning electronics is fun at our
Snap Circuit Workshop
on Monday, Sept.16 from 6-7 PM. Children build on their skills as they progress through the project in the Snap Circuit kits. They will start out with a simple electric light and switch project that shows how electricity is turned on and off. Later they can put together a 2 speed fan, create clap-controlled sounds and more. There are over a hundred projects that they can try. What fun to see what you can make.
Story Hour
is held on Tuesdays at 10 AM each week. Drop in for stories, songs, finger plays and activities.
Sign your child up at the Gale Library for
1000 Books Before Kindergarten
, a national program that is intended to promote reading together with your child. The more words and books a child is exposed to in their early years, the more likely they are to love reading and be more able to do it well!
So what’s this all about?
Our program is pretty easy.
- Sign up in the Children’s Room at the Gale Library. You can then pick up a form to color in.
- Read! You just have to keep track of how many books, not the titles (although you can if you’d like). If you read the same book again and again, it counts each time you read it!
- The first time you reach 100 books come in to turn in your form, get a 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Book Bag and get another form. For every 100 books you read together, you’ll also put your name on our counting ladder until you reach your goal.
- A few mile stones: at 500 books you get to pick a Treasure Chest book and then at 1000 books you can join us for a celebration and receive your certificate!
- That’s it! Well, except that you and your child will have cuddle time and be building literacy skills and learning new things….
For more information call the Gale Library at 382-4691.
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